Weather-strip for doors.



Patentd lune I7, |902. I

SH01/via@ l F FISHBECK WEATHER STRIP FOR D-UOHS.

'(No Model.)

UNITED STATE-s j PATENT OFFICE.

FREAM FISHBEOK, OF PITTSVILLE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF AT() CHARLES LEISER, OF PITTSVILLE, WISCONSIN.

WEATHER-Siren P-r'oR- DooRs.

SPECIFICATION forming. part of :Letters Patent Not 702,715, dated .T une 17, 190.2. Applioationiled December?, 1901. Serial No. 85,068. (No model.)

T0 alZZ whom t may concern/l' f Be it known that I, FREA'M rFISHBECK, a citizen of the United States, residing at'Pittsville, in the-county of W'ood--and'Sta'te ofrVVis` cousin, have invented certain new and useful' strip hinged to the door-sill' and adapted to be lifted by engagement of vapart ofthe-doorf strip with a part of the sill-strip with the view of bringing the two strips together, so as to exclude rain, snow, and cold air from the joint where the door and door-sill meet when the door is closed.

The object of my invention is to provide certain features of constructioninvthe doorstrip and alsointhe sill-strip,` so that the features of construction in one strip will combine with the featuresof construction of the other strip in such manner that the two together will have the effect of holding the two strips in close contact from end to end, so as to effectively exclude rain and snow and cold air, the features of construction of one strip so combining withv the features of construction of the other strip that the two together will insure the close contact of the two stripsnot otherwise attainable.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing the invention consists in the features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter particularly described and then sought to be particularly'dened by the claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which-l Figure l is aperspecti-ve of a ldoor-frame and door with my invention applied. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectionlthrough a portion of thel door, the door-sill, and the applied strips; and Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View of the two strips, showing the clips'or tongues at bottom 'and top of the strips, the two strips the door-frame, 2 a door, and 3 the door-sill,

all of ,which may be of the ordinary construction. To the door-sill there is suitably hinged,

for instance, by means of staples 4t, a strip 5 of metal or other suitable material, the same overlying the sill and extending between the upright jambs of the door-frame, as illus'- trated. To the door 2 there is secured by screws or otherwise a strip 6 of metal or other suitable material, the lower portion of which extends out from the door and is inclined downwardly,`as illustrated. This strip has secured to its under face two clips or tongues 7 near opposite ends of the strip, and each inclined downwardly, so asto leave a space `between itand the under face of the strip 6,

the outer ends of these clips or tonguesstanding back from the lower edge of the strip extends beyond the top edge of the strip 5,

and in its normal position the strip 5 rests upon the door-sill 3. The tongue 8 and the tongues? are so positioned in relation to each other and to theA adjacent edges of the two strips 5 and 6,'as shown, that when the door is swung toclose it the top of the strip Girst strikes the .projecting end .of the tongue 8, and thus lifts the strip 5, so that in the further movement of the door the tongues or clips 7 will engage the under side of the strip 5, which will pass between said clips or tongues and the under face ofthe strip 6, the tongue 8 continuing to bear against the top of the strip 6. `By causing the tongue 8 to bear against the top of the strip 6 at the same time that the tongues 7 bear against the under side of the strip 5 the two strips 5 and 6 are pressed against each other, so as to make close contact between the same from end; to endlof the IOO ployed without the tongues 7 the two strips would separate, except at the point where the tongue 8 is located, and in either oase the joint would not be tight and there would be more or less rain, snow, or wind admitted between the two strips. Furthermore, by employing the tongue S in conjunction with the tongues 7 the former will lift the strip 5 to bring it in proper position for the tongues to engage therewith when the strip 6 is brought against the tongue 8, and when in such position the tongues 7 will engage with the under side of the strip 5, and the several tongues then cooperate to hold the two strips in close contact, as before specified. This oonstruction also obviates the necessity ofoutting away any portion of the door-sill to receive the tongues 7 aud also obviates the necessity of any special construction of the strip 6 to receive said tongues and permits said tongues to be riveted directly to the underside of the downwardly-inclined portion of the strip 6.

Under the particular construction aud combination of parts described I forni a door weather-strip that is inexpensive to manufacf ture and that can be applied Without the einployment of skilled labor and in which the parts are not liable to get out of order and in which rain and snow and cold air are most effectively excluded from the joint between the door and door-sill.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim is- A weather-strip for doors consisting of a hinged strip for the door-sill provided at one end with a tongue projecting beyond the edge of the strip, and a strip for the door having a downwardly-inclined portion provided on its under face near its opposite ends with tongues spaced apart from the under surface of the strip, said tongues and the tongue of the door-strip being adapted to cooperate,

substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREAM FISHBECK.

Witnesses:

F. S. WooDwoR'rH, W. H. HUNT. 

